Current Time in Seoul

Local time, UTC offset and daylight saving dates for the Asia/Seoul time zone, plus a timestamp converter already set to it.

Current local time in Seoul

Time zone facts for Asia/Seoul
IANA identifierAsia/Seoul
Current UTC offsetUTC+09:00
AbbreviationGMT+9
Full nameKorean Standard Time
RegionAsia
Observes DSTNo
Unix timestamp now

Convert a timestamp to Seoul time

The output zone below is preset to Asia/Seoul, with daylight saving applied for whichever date you convert.

Unix timestamp to date

Auto-detect reads the magnitude: 10 digits are seconds, 13 milliseconds, 16 microseconds, 19 nanoseconds.

Converted date and time formats
Your local time
Selected time zone
UTC / GMT
ISO 8601
RFC 2822
Relative
Day of week
Day of year / week

Daylight saving time in Seoul

Seoul does not observe daylight saving time. Its offset stays at UTC+09:00 every day of the year, which makes it one of the simpler zones to work with: a fixed offset is enough to convert any timestamp, and there are no missing or repeated local hours.

Converting timestamps for this zone in code

Always pass the IANA identifier Asia/Seoul rather than a numeric offset. The identifier carries the zone's entire history of offset and daylight saving changes, so a timestamp from any year converts correctly; a hard-coded offset is only right until the next rule change.

# Python
from datetime import datetime
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
datetime.fromtimestamp(1710050400, ZoneInfo("Asia/Seoul"))

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-GB', { timeZone: 'Asia/Seoul',
  dateStyle: 'full', timeStyle: 'long' }).format(new Date(1710050400 * 1000));

<?php // PHP
(new DateTimeImmutable("@1710050400"))->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone("Asia/Seoul"));

More languages on the code examples pages.

Other time zones in Asia

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Frequently asked questions

What is the current time in Seoul?

The clock above shows the current time in the Asia/Seoul time zone, updating every second from your own device clock. Seoul is currently UTC+09:00 (GMT+9).

What is the UTC offset for Asia/Seoul?

Seoul stays on UTC+09:00 all year — this zone does not observe daylight saving time, so the offset never changes.

Does Seoul observe daylight saving time?

No. Seoul does not observe daylight saving time, so its offset from UTC is the same on every day of the year. That makes timestamp conversion for this zone simpler than for zones that shift twice a year.

How do I convert a Unix timestamp to Seoul time?

Paste the timestamp into the converter on this page — the output zone is already set to Asia/Seoul. In code, pass the IANA identifier Asia/Seoul to your language's time zone function rather than hard-coding an offset, so daylight saving is handled for you.